On the show, Henson plays Cookie Lyon, the ex-wife of Lucious Lyon (Howard), who heads the hip-hop record label at the center of the series. Daniels previously said that he intended "to make a black 'Dynasty.' You sit there and go, 'No, this b*tch didn't! Oh my f*cking God!'"

Daniels directed the pilot episode. "Empire" is set to premiere in January of 2015.

thanks for your opinion Minkowski. I'm really glad to read your work here. So...what's your thoughts on life? Or God? The future of America? Is it all just sh*t...or do we have a fighting chance? Let's complain about things that really matter.

On the show, Henson plays Cookie Lyon, the ex-wife of Lucious Lyon (Howard), who heads the hip-hop record label at the center of the series. Daniels previously said that he intended "to make a black 'Dynasty.' You sit there and go, 'No, this b*tch didn't! Oh my f*cking God!'"

Hey, it worked for the remake of Dallas right ?
Oh .... that's right .... Dallas got cancelled.